Diamond of Istanbul
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| Diamond of Istanbul | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Büyükdere Avenue Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Status | Under Construction |
| Est. Completion | 2008 (est.) |
| Opening | 2008 (est.) |
| Use | Mixed-Use |
| Height | |
| Roof | circa 270 m (886 ft) |
| Technical Details | |
| Floor count | 53 |
| Cost | US$150,000,000 |
| Companies | |
| Architect | Dome Architecture |
| Developer | Hattat Holding |
Diamond of Istanbul is the tallest building of Istanbul and Turkey currently being built in the city's Maslak business district. It is also the country's first steel skyscraper. When completed in 2008, it will rise 53 floors and reach the above-ground height of circa 270 meters (making it upon completion Europe's tallest skyscraper, surpassing Europe's current tallest skyscraper, the 264.1 meters-tall Triumph-Palace in Moscow, by circa 5.9 meters).
Its design, by Dome Architecture of Istanbul, comprises 3 steel wings connected to the central (concrete) elevator(s) core. The 3 wings (the tallest of which will comprise 53 floors) will house, respectively, a luxury hotel, A-class offices, and rental apartments. The steel wings rise from the common podium of a shopping mall comprising 5 floors - 3 above-ground and 2 below. The complex also has a 5-floor parking garage situated in the bottom-most floors of the building.
The panoramic restaurant on the top-most floor will offer unobstacted views of both entrances to the Bosphorus strait and the dining experience at one of the tallest man-made points in Istanbul and Turkey.
[edit] Construction work
The construction of the project began in February 2002 with the start of demolition of an old 9-floor office building on the plot and recently gained additional momentum with the start of the tower's steel beams' assembly on December 25th, 2006.
The total area of the construction site comprises slightly in excess of 12,000 m2.
Due to the space limitations around the construction site - the site is situated on one of the busiest transport arteries of Istanbul, Buyukdere Avenue - and to minimize the impact of construction activities on the traffic, all concrete pouring activities using concrete mixer trucks are performed at night.
The companies involved in the development and construction of this landmark project have included thus far:
- Hattat Holding (investor company, Istanbul, company web site),
- Dome Architecture (the project's architectural design, Istanbul, company web site),
- Hattat İnşaat (construction subsidiary of Hattat Holding and the project's main construction company, Istanbul),
- Burak Hafriyat (foundation excavation of the project, Istanbul, company web site),
- Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers (the structural design of the tower's steel wings, New Jersey, U.S., company web site),
- Tuncel Mühendislik (project's static design, Istanbul),
- Arcelor Commercial Sections S.A. (production of the steel columns and beams of the project's steel wings, Luxembourg, company web site),
- Tabosan (final processing of the Arcelor-produced steel columns and beams and their on-site installation, Istanbul, company web site),
- Samko (specialized colsultant for the on-site assembly of the steel columns and beams, Istanbul, company web site),
- Tanrıöver Mühendislik (mechanical engineering, Istanbul, company web site), and other Turkish and international companies.
